In 1904 during the Russo-Japanese War, a Japanese naval officer gets his wife, played by Merle Oberon, to seduce a British attaché in order to gain secrets from him. Things begin to go wrong when she instead falls in love with him.
This was first released as a French-language film entitled La bataille with many of the same cast members, but with Oberon's part played by the French actress Annabella.
In the United States, the English film was released in August 1935 under the title Thunder in the East.
The English version was revived[1] in 1943 under a new title, Hara-Kiri, and changes were made that transformed the film into an anti-Japanese wartime propaganda film. The primary changes were a foreword relating to Pearl Harbour and Japanese perfidy, as well as an epilogue about the cowardice of hara-kiri.[2]
battle, 1934, film, battle, also, known, thunder, east, 1934, franco, british, production, english, language, drama, film, directed, nicolas, farkas, starring, charles, boyer, merle, oberon, john, loder, adapted, from, 1909, french, novel, claude, farrère, ent. The Battle also known as Thunder in the East is a 1934 Franco British co production English language drama film directed by Nicolas Farkas and starring Charles Boyer Merle Oberon and John Loder It was adapted from a 1909 French novel by Claude Farrere entitled La bataille The BattleDirected byNicolas FarkasWritten byClaude Farrere novel Robert StevensonBernard ZimmerNicolas FarkasStarringCharles BoyerMerle OberonJohn LoderBetty StockfeldCinematographyRoger HubertEdited byRoger MercantonWilliam BaracheMusic byAndre GailhardProductioncompaniesGaumont British Picture CorporationLianofilmDistributed byGaumont British DistributorsRelease dateApril 1934Running time83 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 See also 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 External linksPlot editIn 1904 during the Russo Japanese War a Japanese naval officer gets his wife played by Merle Oberon to seduce a British attache in order to gain secrets from him Things begin to go wrong when she instead falls in love with him Cast editCharles Boyer as Marquis Yorisaka Merle Oberon as Marquise Yorisaka John Loder as Fergan Betty Stockfeld as Betty Hockley Valery Inkijinoff as Hirata Miles Mander as Feize Henri Fabert as The AdmiralProduction editThis was first released as a French language film entitled La bataille with many of the same cast members but with Oberon s part played by the French actress Annabella In the United States the English film was released in August 1935 under the title Thunder in the East The English version was revived 1 in 1943 under a new title Hara Kiri and changes were made that transformed the film into an anti Japanese wartime propaganda film The primary changes were a foreword relating to Pearl Harbour and Japanese perfidy as well as an epilogue about the cowardice of hara kiri 2 See also editThe Battle 1923 References edit Larkin Opens New Program The San Francisco Examiner 24 March 1944 p 15 The Battle British Film Institute Retrieved 18 January 2019 Bibliography editCook Pam Gainsborough Pictures Cassell 1997 External links editThe Battle at IMDb Unifrance The Battle nbsp This article related to a French film of the 1930s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a war drama film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Battle 1934 film amp oldid 1180295462, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
